Anti-Defamation League urges tone down immigration debate


WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The Anti-Defamation League asked presidential candidates to refrain from anti-immigration rhetoric.

The anti-bias group sent a letter to the major party presidential candidates requesting that they refrain from using language that demonizes and dehumanizes minorities, particularly Hispanics.

The ADL also sent the candidates a summary of its recent report, “Immigrants Targeted,â€